I think Finkel raises many good points, but there is one paragraph that alienated me, which is apparently Finkel's vision:
Afterward, you rate your dates. And so does the app’s artificial intelligence, which can recognize signs of compatibility (or incompatibility) that you might have missed. At the end of the night, the app tells you which prospects are worth a second look. Over time, the AI might even learn (via follow-up experiments) which combination of signals predicts the happiest relationships, or the most enduring.
Excuse me? I need an algorithm now to figure out who I like and whose relationship I want to deepen? I need an algorithm to detect my love?? Sometimes I feel like this mechanistic mindset is exactly what is wrong with dating today. What happened to good old feelings?
Afterward, you rate your dates. And so does the app’s artificial intelligence, which can recognize signs of compatibility (or incompatibility) that you might have missed. At the end of the night, the app tells you which prospects are worth a second look. Over time, the AI might even learn (via follow-up experiments) which combination of signals predicts the happiest relationships, or the most enduring.
Excuse me? I need an algorithm now to figure out who I like and whose relationship I want to deepen? I need an algorithm to detect my love?? Sometimes I feel like this mechanistic mindset is exactly what is wrong with dating today. What happened to good old feelings?